Some time after ‘Gangster Squad,’ after I’d made a couple other movies, I was like, ‘In retrospect that ‘Zombieland’ experience was about as good as it can get, both between the cast and the world of the movie and the way it was received.’ I was like, ‘We should probably do another ‘Zombieland.’ Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
I started out as an assistant to a director on two movies, Miguel Arteta. The movies I worked on were ‘Chuck and Buck’ and ‘The Good Girl.’ I didn’t even know I wanted to be a director until I started working with Miguel. Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
When I started trying to become a director, I started shooting low budget short films, 50-dollar music videos, making my own stuff. That eventually led to commercials. Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
As far as ‘Venom,’ we took some license with this because I don’t think we know a lot about him from his days on planet Klyntar in the comic. But in our movie we thought maybe he could also be somebody who’s a little bit of a loser, a loner, and doesn’t love being subordinate. Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
You know, duality has always been a strong theme throughout ‘Venom’-focused stories, whether it’s in the comics or in movies, and that’s something I think that Tom Hardy’s played with in a lot of his work. Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
I guess as a long time fan of ‘Venom,’ as soon as I heard they were making a standalone movie I got really excited at the prospect of being involved. Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
The mass of Venom. I mean, he’s like a big, foreboding, physical presence. Actually, let me correct myself – the eyes, the tongue, the mouth, those are his most distinguishing traits, and so making those look as photoreal and true to the comics as we possibly could was super important to me. Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
Venom’ is a standalone character who has so much attitude, menace and ferocity. He’s also really funny in the comics and in our movie. He’s a really compelling guy that can completely stand on his own. When he’s played by Tom Hardy, and Eddie Brock is his partner, that relationship is enough for one movie. Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
It’s like somehow my favorite filmmakers, you know, bounce between genres. Like if you look at a career of somebody like Soderbergh or Danny Boyle or the Coen’s. I mean, it goes – there’s no real through line other than just their style, but the type of genre or the type of subject matter seems to go all over. Ruben Fleischer Read Quote
